RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 725, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 777 items in 32 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 George Washington

George Washington Signed Revolutionary War Discharge Certificate (1783)

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 56,783.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Handwritten Docketing Notation (November 26, 1785)

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,886.00
3 John Adams

John Adams Signature as President (1799)

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,041.00
4 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State - Act of Congress to Promote the Progress of Useful Arts (Patent Act of 1793)

USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 58,243.00
5 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Setting a Day for the First Annual Meeting of Each Future Congress

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,996.00
6 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Granting Land to Former President of the Confederation Congress Elias Boudinot

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
7 Thomas Jefferson:

Thomas Jefferson: Kentucky's Electors Cast Their Votes in the 1800 Presidential Election

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
8 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Document Signed - Dated to the Black Hawk War

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,774.00
9 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President, Endorsing Former Ohio Governor David Tod

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
10 Mary Todd Lincoln

Mary Todd Lincoln Autograph Letter, Inaugural Gown Relic, and Hair Strands

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
11 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Civil WaraEU"Dated Autograph Letter Signed, Announcing Rep. Washburne's Arrival at His City Point Headquarters for a Gold Medal Presentation

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
12 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Signed Portrait Engraving

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,395.00
13 President U. S. Grant

President U. S. Grant Signed Maritime Document on Consular Jurisdiction in American Waters

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,176.00
14 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President - Naval Promotion for a Noted Civil War Leader

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 963.00
15 James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield Document Signed as President - Dated Two Weeks Before His Assassination

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,970.00
16 William McKinley

William McKinley Document Signed as President, Ratifying a Peace Treaty with Spain to End the SpanishaEU"American War

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,533.00
18 Theodore Roosevelt

Through the Brazilian Wilderness (First Edition)

NY 1914 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,829.00
19 Theodore Roosevelt

The Wilderness Hunter (Alleghany Edition)

NY 1901 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,756.00
20 Theodore Roosevelt

Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (Alleghany Edition)

NY 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,880.00
21 Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President on Day of GermanyaEUs Unconditional Surrender (May 7, 1945) - aEUoeIt is helpful indeed to know that you liked my Message to the CongressaEU

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
22 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed 'Shoulder Sleeve Insignia' Presentation Sheet - Dated One Day Before Germany's Unconditional Surrender (May 6, 1945)

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,018.00
23 President John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy Appoints an FCC Member Renowned for Devising the 9-1-1 Emergency Number

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,125.00
24 Barack Obama

Barack Obama Signed 'Friends of Barack Obama' Check (September 1, 2001)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,313.00
30 John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 656.00
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